The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) 福尔摩斯探案全集，第一卷

TheCompleteSherlockHolmes,VolumeI,bySirArthurConanDoyle,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Newintroductionscommissionedfromtoday'stopwritersandscholarsBiographiesoftheauthorsChronologiesofcontemporaryhistorical,biographical,andculturaleventsFootnotesandendnotesSelectivediscussionsofimitations,parodies,poems,books,plays,paintings,operas,statuary,andfilmsinspiredbytheworkCommentsbyotherfamousauthorsStudyquestionstochallengethereader'sviewpointsandexpectationsBibliographiesforfurtherreadingIndices&Glossaries,whenappropriateAlleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.TheCompleteSherlockHolmescomprisesfournovelsandfifty-sixshortstoriesrevolvingaroundtheworld’smostpopularandinfluentialfictionaldetective—theeccentric,arrogant,andingeniousSherlockHolmes.Heandhistrustedfriend,Dr.Watson,stepfromHolmes’scomfortablequartersat221bBakerStreetintotheswirlingfogofVictorianLondontoexercisethatuniquecombinationofdetailedobservation,vastknowledge,andbrilliantdeduction.Inevitably,Holmesrescuestheinnocent,confoundstheguilty,andsolvesthemostperplexingpuzzlesknowntoliterature.VolumeIofTheCompleteSherlockHolmesstartswithHolmes’sfirstappearance,AStudyinScarlet,achillingmurdernovelcompletewithbloodstainedwallsandcrypticclues,followedbythebafflingTheSignofFour,whichintroducesHolmes’scocaineproblemandWatson’sfuturewife.ThestorycollectionsTheAdventuresofSherlockHolmesandTheMemoirsofSherlockHolmesfeaturesuchrenownedtalesas“AScandalinBohemia,”“TheRed-HeadedLeague,”and“TheMusgraveRitual.”TiredofwritingstoriesaboutHolmes,hiscreator,SirArthurConanDoyle,killedhimoffattheendof“TheFinalProblem,”thelasttaleinTheMemoirs.ButthepublicoutcrywassogreatthateightyearslaterhepublishedthemasterfulTheHoundoftheBaskervilles,whichsupposedlytakesplacebeforeHolmes’sdeath.TheseparateVolumeIIofTheCompleteSherlockHolmescollectstheremainingaccountsofHolmes’sexploits,including“TheAdventureoftheEmptyHouse,”whichrevealstheelaboratecircumstancesbehindHolmes’sliteraryresurrection.KyleFreeman,aSherlockHolmesenthusiastformanyyears,earnedtwograduatedegreesinEnglishliteraturefromColumbiaUniversity,wherehismajorwastwentieth-centuryBritishliterature.